On a flight with my children some years ago, my son was startled when the attendant announced that adults should put on their oxygen masks first, before helping their children. “Why don’t you help the children first?” he asked. “If I ran out of oxygen first, then I couldn’t help you with your oxygen mask,”…
We Learned More From History at This Texas Museum Than Any Other Visiting the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas this weekend was a rewarding learning experience. My Grandfather, Bassett Arthur was a Navy Seabee during World War II. I’ve always had a fascination with the subject from listening to his stories.…
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JackNotes are quick summaries of notes I’ve taken from books, conferences, classes and life experiences. Productivity Habits Twice, Then Quit When you want to quit working for the first time, don’t. Push through and work some more The second time you want to quit, also don’t quit. Push through again The third time you want…
Executive Summary of the Dale Carnegie classic Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain Give honest and sincere appreciation Arouse in the other person an eager want Six Ways to Make People Like You Become genuinely interested in other people Smile Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest…
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Out of all the movies of 1939, nine-year-old Jerry Parr was most impacted by the film Code of the Secret Service. There were many top box office hits that year, but the Secret Service movie was his favorite. He sat in the theater fascinated by Agent “Brass Bancroft and his partner, Gabby Watters. They went…
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Glenn the football coach, didn’t notice the 16-year-old kid named Jim when he first tried to enroll at Carisle Industrial School in Carlisle Pennsylvania. That was in 1904. It wasn’t until three years later that when out of the blue, Jim, in his street clothes, walked past the track and asked if he could try…
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In December 2012, Spanish long-distance runner Ivan Fernandez was trailing behind Olympic bronze medallist Abel Mutai during a cross-country race in Burlada, Navarra. Mutai was leading comfortably until he pulled up 10 to 20 metres short of the finish line thinking the race was already over. Instead of passing Mutai, Fernández Anaya slowed down and…
Directing the Facilities Management Department at H-E-B Food/Drugs, the best and biggest retailer in Texas, for 23 years was an honor. Anyone who works there knows H-E-B is a learning, giving, and extremely productive organization. Employees are called “Partners,” the perfect Texas term, because we worked together, crossing boundaries and departments to do whatever it…
A patriotic, All-American crowd of over 500 spectators and participants showed their support for President Donald Trump in unique style parade on Saturday, August 15, 2020 in Texas. The no-kneeling-Star-Spangled-Banner-singing parade goers weren’t on floats. At least not the traditional kind riding down Main Street. They manned boats–over 80 of them–throughout a historic lake near…
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Saturday afternoon, the Peterson Regional Health Hospital emergency room doctor and cardiologist said they were going to send me up to ICU. Not even an hour before, the love of my life, my bride Dodie and I were happily eating “Donna’s Meatloaf” at the Camp Verde General Store and Restaurant about 17 miles away. Serendipity…
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